Focus on safe working and actively participating in health and safety improvement efforts

Demonstration of ARYZTA’s values and commitment to health and safety in communications, planning and business decisions

ARYZTA’s Child Labor Policy covers the following:

Compliance with all established government regulations and standards

Recognizes and supports the United Nations “Rights of the Child”

Prohibits hiring anyone under the age of 15

These policies apply to temporary employees along with ARYZTA employees

Notice given to employees prior to major operational changes

In compliance with local laws and as a general practice, ARYZTA, endeavors to provide the legal notice required prior to any major operational changes

Benefits and compensation

ARYZTA offers benefit plans which vary by country

Training/Results

ARYZTA utilises web-based training focusing on different key areas of our operations such as people and food safety, critical to quality practices, safe use of chemicals for equipment cleaning, and daily practices to ensure a safe and healthy workplace.

In North America ARYZTA implemented “Excellence in Supervision” training in for all ARYZTA front line leaders. In 2015 ARYZTA successfully completed training for a total of 11 bakeries and 202 ARYZTA leaders.

As part of developing leadership bench-strength, ARYZTA rolled out its Bakery Director Development Program

Percentage of Employees receiving regular performance reviews

All employees receive performance reviews

Labour disputes and grievances

ARYZTA has a formal process to address grievances around labor practices.

In 2015, in North America there was no lost working time due to industrial disputes.

People safety results

In 2015, ARYZTA completed 100% of comprehensive internal safety and security assessments at all North American and European bakery locations to ensure a safe and healthy working environment to our employees. To continually improve the safety of our people in 2015, ARYZTA focused on four areas to reduce injury frequency and severity:

Education. ARYZTA has a comprehensive training program for People Safety and Food Safety through a standardized training calendar. Last year, ARYZTA employees in North America and Europe completed 175,000 hours of documented training and documented recognition testing on core safety policy and expectations.

Enforcement of the safety expectation. North America: In 2015, ARYZTA began tracking safety discipline, where supervisors observe potentially unsafe actions. In support of this, bakery supervisors issued 132 safety alerts. In Europe last year ARYZTA had 200 safety alerts.

Engagement of employees, both informally and formally, helps to create awareness and avoid injuries and lost work days. All bakeries have a health & safety committee comprised of management and workers that monitors and advise on health and safety related issues.

ARYZTA uses an industry standard measure for employee safety, called the Safety Index.

The index combines the following:

Recordable Injury Rate – Number of Recordable Injuries divided by Hours Worked

Lost Time Injury Rate – Number of Lost Time Injuries divided by Hours Worked